Gemini vs OpenAI Codex vs Gemini CLI vs OpenAI API

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Gemini
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OpenAI Codex
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
Competitor 3
OpenAI API
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.6Bvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
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15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.6%
▲ 3.6%
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▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
+0.8%
+0.3%
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-2.4%
Global rank web
#17
#212
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Avg. last 3 months
2.7B
197.3M
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15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
28%
58%
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34%
Pages / visit
4.1
3.0
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5.4
Visit duration
7m 01s
2m 31s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
GeminiOpenAI CodexGemini CLIOpenAI API
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2M10M100M1B10BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Paid
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
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Free (personal Google account) Free
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsAudio
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
15
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Large language models
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Debugging
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Development
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Chatbots
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Image generation
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Email writing
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Image to image
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LLM development
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PDF analysis
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Writing
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Code reviews
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Image editing
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Terminal
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Rating
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Reviews
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Prompts
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